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Three energy deals, $78B (from Corporate Dealmaker)

While there's been a frenzy of deals in the alternative energy market, fossil fuels still dominate the numbers when it comes to consumption and investment from companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE:XOM). Note these three deals involving China and Australia, Russia and Venezuela, and Iran and Malaysia.PetroChina Co....

Posted on August 18, 2009 10:47 AM

TNK-BP dispute settled, for now, as CEO will exit (from Corporate Dealmaker)

There's a truce in the battle for control of TNK-BP, the 50-50 Russian joint venture from which European oil giant BP plc gets 20% of its output. Both sides agreed to replace Robert Dudley with a Russian-speaking CEO. The main complaint from Russian billionaires Len Blavatnik, Mikhail Fridman, German Khan...

Posted on September 4, 2008 1:31 PM

BP to Russian JV partners: No sale (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The battle for Russia's third largest oil producer, TNK-BP, continues. Russian partners Len Blavatnik, Mikhail Fridman, German Khan and Victor Vekselberg said Tuesday they want to buy out BP plc's 50% stake. Why? "The fundamental issue is...

Posted on July 15, 2008 12:01 PM

Russia: Cisco, BP, Thomas Cook show different sides of dealmaking (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Small high-tech deals? Sure. Big energy joint ventures? Think twice. That's one way of parsing the week's deal news out of Russia. Wednesday we hear that Cisco Systems Inc. is eager to get in on the promise of an emerging Russian economy, but still has a preference for a collaborative,...

Posted on July 2, 2008 5:19 PM

The risk-reward ratio of emerging markets (from Corporate Dealmaker)

When we write about emerging markets these days -- as we did in the latest issue of Corporate Dealmaker -- it's often in the context of the plentiful rewards -- emerging middle classes, consumer interest in Western brands, eager local partners and the like. But Friday's Wall Street Journal (subscription required)...

Posted on May 30, 2008 11:00 AM